Petrojam has awarded scholarships valued at $1. 2 million to 24 top-performing Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students from two Corporate Area schools. The students were selected from Greenwich All-Age and the St. Andrew Primary schools. The scholarships, provided under the company’s educational support programme will provide the students with financial assistance for five years of high school and will...

Members of the Thompson Town branch of the Trelawny Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) have been blazing a trail in improving the lives of residents of the community through farming. The group, which is located 15 minutes away from Albert Town in Southern Trelawny, has a membership of approximately 60 farmers. On a recent visit with members...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced the establishment of a special committee which has been charged with developing an entertainment industry policy for Jamaica’s tourism sector. Speaking recently at a ceremony for establishment of a new hotel in Montego Bay, Minister Bartlett disclosed that the committee, headed by entertainment promoter Kamal Bankie, is to focus on developing a policy...

Sixteen local and international dance groups are ready to bring the heat to the finals of the World Reggae Dance Championship at the Independence Village on Thursday, August 4. Beginning at 8:00 p.m., the finalists will use larger-than-life dance moves and acrobatics to prove to the judges and audience alike that they should take home the coveted title. The competition,...

“It will be exciting; it will celebrate and showcase our culture; and it will be grand!” That’s the assurance of Culture Minister, the Honourable Olivia Grange as she announced details of the annual Independence Grand Gala which will take place at the National Stadium on Saturday,  August 6, beginning at 6 pm. According to Minister Grange, one thousand performers will...

The Government is moving to implement aspects of the Disaster Risk Management Act that seek to prosecute persons who refuse to heed evacuation warnings during periods of emergency. Speaking during a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston on August 3, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie said there are certain regulations...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he will be issuing a directive for an assessment of business procedures within the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and for the re-engineering of processes where necessary in order to enhance efficiencies. Mr. Holness, who was addressing the opening of a two-day strategic planning retreat for directors and heads of...